diff --git a/package/ola/ola.mk b/package/ola/ola.mk
index 1874350784..5090076175 100644
--- a/package/ola/ola.mk
+++ b/package/ola/ola.mk
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ OLA_SITE = https://github.com/OpenLightingProject/ola/releases/download/$(OLA_VE
 OLA_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+ (libola, libolacommon, Python bindings), GPL-2.0+ (libolaserver, olad, Python examples and tests)
 OLA_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING GPL LGPL LICENCE
 OLA_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+OLA_AUTORECONF = YES
 
 # util-linux provides uuid lib
 OLA_DEPENDENCIES = protobuf util-linux host-bison host-flex host-ola